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Hey everyone, I've been following the James Michael Couto case for a while, and there's something that I've been curious about. Does anyone else find it strange how Couto supposedly called his grandmother in 1993, but the call wasn't traced or recorded? I know it was the early '90s and technology wasn't what it is today, but it seems like a missed opportunity. Wouldn't phone companies back then still have some kind of records or ways to trace calls, especially with it being a potential missing person's case? I'm just wondering if there might have been some overlooked detail there. Maybe someone with more knowledge about how phone tracking worked in that era can give some insight? It makes me wonder if there might be more to that phone call than it seems. Thoughts?
Hey everyone, I have been following the James Michael Couto case for a while now, and something I keep coming back to is that mysterious phone call his grandmother received back in '93. I mean, if it really was him, why no other contact since then? It’s been over three decades, and his family is still holding onto hope. I keep wondering about the possibility that he might be in the southern U.S. like his family suspects. Maybe he chose to start fresh, but I can't help but think there must be some way to trace that call. Could it have been a pay phone, or did he have access to a landline somehow? Anyone else have thoughts on how they could have traced that call back in the 90s? Would love to hear other people's insights or theories on this aspect.
Hey everyone, I've been digging into the James Michael Couto case, and I came across something interesting that I haven't seen discussed much. In the year following his disappearance, his grandmother got a phone call that she believed was from James himself. It must be gut-wrenching for the family to have that glimmer of hope and then hear nothing afterward.
What's been on my mind is the phone call itself. It's 1993, and tracing calls wasn't as advanced as today. I'm curious about what steps were taken back then to try to trace it – did they even have the technology to do that effectively? And also, how could someone pull off a call like that without leaving more of a trail? Anyone have insights into phone tracing tech from the '90s or know of similar cases where something like this happened? Hoping some fresh eyes or techy folks might have new perspectives on it.